Daily Republican., 1887-05-24
ELOrED WITH A NEGRO.
A White Girl Runs Away with CnI.
crod CoachmAn,

A White Girl Runs Away with q Cnl-
erod CosohmAn.
Glendopvilie. Pc, Letter to Now York sun.
The excitement of the hour here is
tho elopement OF young society belle
with an uncouth coffee colOred negro,
which was augmented by the hot pur-
suit of the girls family and friends,
and their failure to either overtake or
capture the runaways. James Barclay
Wesner is the Oldest and wealthiest
resident OF this town. With his wife
and only child, Ida, beautiful and
accomplished girl of 90, he occupied
the handsomest and most elegantly
furnished residence in Glendonville.
In the rear of the beautiful grounds
surrounding their home stances
modest looking two story trick build
ing, which was occupied by Bill
Thompson, q negro, who was en-
|ployed az gardener and hostler by Mr.
Wesner. Thompson is about 81 years
of age and married, but never had any
children. He was well educated, o
pleasing talker and had an inexhausta-
BILE store of wit and interesting stories
about his colored brethren and, al
though OF most ungainly appearance,
he was well thought Of in the commu-
nifty. Mr.. Wesner, although leading
a retired life. was largely interested in
some real estate matters which called
him away frequently. On every oc-
casion of this kind it was his custom
to have his pair of horses hitched up
and be driven TO the depot, some dis
lance away. His daughter, who was
passionately fond of riding and driv-
ling. never failed to accompany her
father and Thompson on these trips,
she invariably driving both to the de-
| pot and return.
Wcsner had been away for the past
week, and on Thursday morning his
wife received word to have Thompson
meet him at the depot on the arrival
of the p. IN. train that day. Soon
after noon Thompson began to get the
horses ready, when Mrs. Wesncr in
ltertered, saying it was too early.
Then ii was learned that Ida had pre-
viously expressed a desire to start an
hour or two earlier that she NIGH:
hevc a drive through the country be-
Ioic so.hs 10 .no uepos. AS every
WISH vi ..ie s'ii was e,a'lileu, 'his was
no eAoep.ioli' anu an ioul l"'cl .hey
uio'c nway. Seveinl uays prior 70
inns anc siii i'au s'ote,y ,hnen from
ing and deposited them in a house
mid way between her home and the
Iuopot. i"eh'y lhlhu.es ai'er .hey
leie thc Wesncr mansion they ore"
up u. .his mouse; took tne pacKages
lca,ch ,ho nevt wes,ern hound ,ro;u
Before the train started, Thompson
asked a bystander to look out for the
team until he or MIR. Wesner came for
ii. Precisely at a O'Clock Mr.. Wesner
arriyed and saw the team, and after
five or ten minutes impatient waiting
for Thompson, whom he supposed
was somewhere in the neighborhood,
he jumped in and drove home without
him.
AS Mr.. Wesner drove up to the
house his wife saw that he was alone.
and the terrible suspicion OF an acct
dent or elopement quickly dawned
upon her. She rushed to the gate,
flung herself into her husbands arms
and exclaimed: where's lda?" Mr..
Wesner was as yet in total ignorance
of everything and maintained his
usual conposure until he learned what
the trouble was. Then, after hearing
hat his wife suspected. he hurried to
his daughters room to sec if anything
had been removed. In conspicuous
place on the marble slab of the bureau
lay the following letter:
THURSDAY noon.
-,
| DEAnhsI MAMMA' Ere you nave
/ inc siisnlest ih'imalion Oh my conuuct,
Ior what l am iuiiy convinced the
woriu Will cali disgrace VIII DC the
WIG VI " iiliau thompson ana so iar
away from my once happy nome That
al elor's you anu GEAR papa may
make 70 reach me may be IN vain
haI nave now ana forever forfeited
,hat parental ahectlon which was so
laVishly bestowed on me ever ana al
ways. mat nave made the nome OF
my childhood desolate by rooblng you
and papa OF that comfort and happi-
ness which ! know my presence al
ways gave Is true but my passion
was no longer under the dominion OF
reason, ana, whilc 90 not attempt to
mentlon any circumstances that would
IN any degree palate my conduct, for
.hat Is imp0ssioie' yet III PITY LOT my
w;l, ~ dnt VIC 'To mna,oSoi .nas
h,amo' Thnn,ns0r haa NV ;r,a mG; ~
ia d no,p up , hau an nlosis.loi1 :